Supply Chains Technologies and Challenges in Latin America: A Bibliometric Review

Abstract

Supply chains are essential for business competitiveness and their transformation towards sustainable and efficient models. In the context of Industry 4.0, it is crucial to develop technologies that allow traceability of processes. This work aims to identify the challenges and technologies that are most relevant in the supply chain based on a bibliometric review, using a qualitative approach by searching for articles in the Scopus database. The main challenge facing supply chains in Latin America is the lack of specialization, since most studies on the subject address the issue in a general way, followed by the diversity of technologies that are implemented without any type of regulation. This review shows how Industry 4.0 contributes to the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the challenge of Latin America for the implementation of emerging technologies.